Bag holder



G. C. HUME BAG HOLDER Filed-June 20, 1923 Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE C. HUME, OF CHILTON, WISCONSIN.

BAG- HOLDER.

Application filed .Tune 20, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. HUME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chilton, in the county of Calumet and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag I-Iolders, of which the following is a specification.'

This invention relates to devices for holding bags and sacks while being filled, and for permitting them to be weighed; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of a bag holder constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ring, showing the frame in section on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of one of the clamps, drawn to a larger scale.

An arch-shaped frame is provided of any suitable height and width, and it has two parallel upright or guides 6 having a crosspiece 7 at their tops. Feet 8 are secured to the bottoms of the uprights, so that Vthey frame may stand without other support. Three feet are preferably secured to each upright, and they are arranged so as not to project between the uprights, thereby leaving an unobstructed passage for a weighing machine between the uprights.

A ring 9 is provided, and has arms 10 which project laterally of it, and have forked end portions 12 which are slidable upon the uprights or guides 6. A bail 14 is pivoted to eyes 15 which project upwardly from the arms 10. A hoisting tackle 16 of any approved construction is suspended from a hook 1'? secured to the middle part of the crosspiece 7, and is connected to the middle part of the bail 14. The ring 9 has lugs 18 which project upwardly at intervals around it. The bap- 20, indicated in dotted lines, is placed insice the ring, and its upper edge is bent over the lugs 18, and is secured to them by clamps 21.

Any approved form of clamping device may be used, but an automatically-tighten- Serial No. 646,567.

ing clamp, as shown. is preferably used, and

the upper parts of the lugs 18 are preferl `The ring normally rests on stops 22 on the uprights, and the bag is lilled when it has been clamped to the ring, and raised to i desirable height by the lifting tackle. A weighing machine, or a wheeled truck, can then be run under the bag, and the lilled bag can be lowered upon it and detached from the ring so that it can be weighed and removed.

The bail 111 is vertical when the device is in use, and it and the center of the ring 9 and the centers of the two vertical guides 6 are all arranged in the same vertical plane. The hook 17 is arranged directly over the center of the ring 9. The clamps 21y are spaced apart around tht ring, and the arms 10 are arranged radially of the ring and between the clamping devices which are nearest to the guides. This construction enables the bottom of the bag to be bumped on the ground or on the weighing machine, to settle its contents, without risk of detaching the bag and spilling its contents.

IVhat I claim is:

`A bag holder, comprising a frame having vertical uprights and a top crosspiece between them, a ring provided with means for supporting a bag and having two radial arms which project laterally from it one at each side at diametrically opposite points and terminate in forks which are slidable on the said uprights, a bail having .its ends pivoted to the said arms between the ring and the forks, and a lifting and lowering device suspended pivotally from the crossbar over the center of the said ring and pivotally connected to the bail, said guides, crossbar, radial arms and bail being all arranged in a vertical plane which passes through the center of the said ring.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GEORGE C. HUME. 

